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//f'/^, ///'^' ^z glimmering tapers light. 
Adorns and cheers the way ; 

And still, as darker gro7vs the night 
Emits a brighter ray. 



.OI.nSMITH. 



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Copyright 1886, 

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Hard & Parsons. 



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MORNING GLORIES. 



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FR0RNING Slonies bloomm^ now. 

Wben all tl}e eart[) lies neatb tl}e snow, 
3n you 3 read a promise briar^t, 

(^l^at winter soon nnust tabe its fliabt, 
ynd ll;)ouab tl^e passina clays are drear 

^l^e aladsome sprina will soon appear, 
©i^en tell your " Dniaf)t Hopes blossoms aay, 

^o all you meet, tl;is wintry day! 

Elizabeth PjOkkodaile. 



HOPE FOR WINTRY DAYS. 



' l'10UGH savage Winter s iron reign 
oi^ase evei y flow ret from fr^e distant plain, 

Waain \\)Q ^pnna si^all twine l^er early wreatr} 
yaain tl^e rose l^er Rummer fraarance breaibe, 

Wl/ile by eacb auspina fountain s mossy side 
y aain sl;all blow tl^e lily s snowy pnd 



e ! 

J. G. Phuximoke. 



LOVE. 

^HERE is a fragrant blossom \\)c\\ mal^etb placi \\)Q 
narden of tl}e heart ; 

^ts root liet'9 deep ; it Is delicate, yet lastinp, as 
t[;e Mac crocus of clutumn, 

tloveliness and "ihouaht are tbe de\?is l^ot water it 
morninn and even ; 

rriemory and absence cbenisl) it, as \\)e balmy 
breatbmas of tl^e soutp. 

Sts sun IS tl^e bnabtness of affection, and it 
bloometi) in tl^e border of Mope. 

M. F. Timer. 



HOPE IN ALL. 



*^HE Ripbt is motber of tbe Bay, 

^be Winter of \\)Q ^pnna ; 
Ond ever upon old decay 

^b® qreenest mosses cima. 
Debind tbe cloud tbe starliabt lurbs ; 

^b^oLiab sbowens tbe sunbeams fal 
nor trod, wbo lovetb all b'S worbs, 

Hatb left bis Hope witb all. 



VVmrriEK 



A FAITHFUL FRIFND. 



V^RIMEVAL Hope, tbe Qonian FRuses say, 

Wl^en rKan and rtature mourned tl;eir first decay. 
Wl;en every form of ueati) and every woe 

^>\)o\ from malignant stars to QantI} below. 
Wben I Kurder bared ^en arm, and rampant War 

Y obed tr^e red dragons of oer iron can ; 
Wben reace and iHercy, banisbed from tbe plain, 

Sprung on tbe viewless winds to Heaven aaain ; 
OH, ail forsool? tbe friendless, nuilty mind, 

Dut, Mope, tbe cbarmer, lingered still bebmd. 



Thos. Campdki.i 



THE SLEEPING YEAR. 



^RPHAN Hours, il;e Year is dead, 

Oome and sial;?, come and weep ! 

rrierry Hours, smile instead, 

Por tl^e Y ear is but asleep : 

^ee, it smiles as it is sleepina, 

rHocking your untimely weepinn, 

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(ds \\)Q Wild air stirs and sways 

(^be tree-swuno cradle of a cl^ild, 

^o the breatf} of ibese rude days 

l\ocl?s il^e Y ear. De calm and mild, 

^remblmn Hours ; sbe will arise 
Witb new love within ber ey 



es. 

Pp:rcy Bysshe Sheli.ey. 



THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF HOPE, 



^ TERNAL Mope ! wl^en yonder spberes sublime, 
realed tbeir first notes to sound t[;e marcr) of time, 

^l^eir loyous vnutr) began — but not to jade. — 
Wl^en all ti^e sister planets l;ave decayed ; 

Wben rapt in fire lbe realms of etl^er ^low, 
Ond Heavens last launder sl^abes tl^e world below; 

^bou, undismayed, s^alt o er tbe rums smile. 
Ond ligbt iby torcb at Kature s funeral pile! 



ThOS. CAMPIitCLL. 



THE HAPPY MAN. 



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"e, e en now, 



E is t[}e [)appy man wpose life 

^i^ows somewhat of il^at l^appier life to come; 
WI70 doomed to an obscure, but tranquil state, 

Ss pleased witl} it, and, were pe free to c9oose, 
Would mabe l^is fate bis ci^oice; wl^om Peace, tf^e fruit 

0f Virtue, and whom Virtue, fruit of Kaitf?, 
r repare for l^appiness : bespeab 91m one 

Oontent indeed to soiourn, wr^ile i^e must, 
Delow \\)Q sbies, but r^avina tpere 91s bonne. 



COWPER. 



EARTH'S BLESSING. 



OPEa buinbly then ; witb tremblina pinions soar 



Wait \\)e areat teacher Deatl; ; and t^od adore. 
Wl;at future bliss, \)Q aives not tf)ee to bnow, 

Dut Gives tr)at bope to be il}y blessina now. 
Mope sprmas eternal in tl^e l^uman breast: 

iHan never is, but always to be blest ; 
(^pe soul uneasy, and confined, from \)o\v,q, 

i\ests and expatiates in a life to come. 



Poi-K. 



PROMISES OF SPRING. 



*^'HR0UGH bedpe-row leaves in drifted beaps 
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beft by tbe stormy blast, 

^be li"^^le bopeful blossom peeps, 

Qnd tells of winter past; 
few leaves flutter from tbe woods 

^^\)o\ \)i\r>.(^ tbe season tbroupb- 
beavina tbeir place for swelling buds 

^o spread tbeir leaves anew. 



Clare. 



HOPE EVER! 



•^ x' 0PE on, bope even ! after darbest nigl^t, 

oomes, full of loving life, tl^e lauabma morning ; 
Mope on, bope even! ^pmna-tide, flusb c) witl; liq^t, 

(dye crowns old Winten witb ben nicb adonnmn. 
Mope on, bope even I yet tbe time sball come, 

Wben man to man sball be a friend and bnotben 
Ond tbis old wonid sball be a bdPPy bof^e. 
olnd all Qantb s family love one anotben I 
Mope on, bope even. 



("lEKAi.o Masse V. 



NATURES RADIANCE. 



I jOST \\)ov\ revel in tbe rosy momma,. 

Wben all nature [)ails ll^e Qorcl of liar)t, 
(sind hiS smile, \\)Q mountain tops adorning, 

l\obes yon fragrant fields in radiance bnal^t. 

Kature wears tl^e color of ti^e spirit; 

sweetly to l^er worshiper sr)e sinas ; 
yil t[}e alow, the nrace sl^e dotl} intierit, 

l\ound \)Q? trustina cpild S9e fondly flina 



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